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On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com>wrote:

> >
> > It's ok, that i can use this, when i want an incrementing
> > sequence, in a given way:
> >
> > # {START..END..INCREMENT}
> > $ for i in {0..10..2}; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done
> > Welcome 0 times
> > Welcome 2 times
> > Welcome 4 times
> > Welcome 6 times
> > Welcome 8 times
> > Welcome 10 times
> > $
> >
> > but what's the "magic" for this? :
> >
> > $ MAGIC; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done
> > Welcome 0 times
> > Welcome 1 times
> > Welcome 4 times
> > Welcome 5 times
> > Welcome 8 times
> > Welcome 9 times
> > $
>
> What's wrong with
>
> for i in 0 1 4 5 8 9 ; do echo "Welcome $i times"; done
>
>  ?
>
> Or is there some rule that you want followed?  If there is, it's not
> obvious to me.  (Sorry.)
>
>    Mark Terribile
>
>
> +1, +3, +1, +3....